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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters MERCED – At first, Marlyn Huesgew Mendoza registered as a Democrat. In 2020, she re-registered as a Republican and voted for Donald Trump for president, as she did this election. The reason is simple: It was in 2018 — when he was in office —...
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California political analysts say inflation and voter confusion contributed to the failure of propositions to raise the minimum wage and allow stronger rent control. Proposition 33 would have allowed local governments to pass strict new rent-control ordinances. Christian Grose, professor of political science and public policy at the University...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Las universidades privadas sin fines de lucro de California ya no podrán otorgar a los estudiantes una ventaja de admisión si sus padres donaron o asistieron a la misma universidad después de que el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmara una ley el 1 de octubre que prohíbe...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on October 1 banning the practice. The state joins a rarefied group of four others that have...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Most tortillas and corn masa products sold in California will soon have to include an additional ingredient — one considered key during pregnancy. The goal? Increase folic acid intake among Latinas of reproductive age. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on September 28 that directs manufacturers...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Desde que Joe Biden fue elegido presidente en 2021, su administración ha hecho progresos efectivos, aunque titubeantes, en la lucha contra el cambio climático y en dar a la industria nacional de las energías renovables el impulso financiero que necesita para establecer permanentemente...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Since Joe Biden was elected president in 2021, his administration has made effective, albeit halting progress on combating climate change and giving the nation’s renewable energy industry the financial boost it needs to permanently establish its presence in America. He re-entered the Paris...
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It all started with Democrat Bill Clinton more than a quarter of a century ago. The idea was deceptively simple: Raise sections of wall on the US-Mexico border to close off access to undocumented immigrants, human smugglers and drug traffickers in the border cities of El Paso and San...